suspends

verb

To halt something temporarily.

To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.

To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.

To hang freely; underhang.

To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.

(chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

(travel, aviation) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.

(obsolete) To make to depend.

Roots

subsus- · Latin · under, below pendo-pend · Latin · hang, weigh

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